consolatio

consolatio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin consolatio. Doublet of consolation.

Noun

consolatio (plural consolationes)

  1. A ceremonial oratory used to comfort mourners at funerals.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

    From cōnsōlor + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    cōnsōlātiō f (genitive cōnsōlātiōnis); third declension

    1. consolation
      • 1986, Holy See, “Epistula II ad Corinthios 1:5 [2 Corinthians 1:5]”, in NRSV, transl., Nova Vulgata[1]:
        quoniam, sīcut abundant passiōnēs Chrīstī in nōbīs, ita per Chrīstum abundat et cōnsōlātiō nostra.
        For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.
    2. comfort

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative cōnsōlātiō cōnsōlātiōnēs
    genitive cōnsōlātiōnis cōnsōlātiōnum
    dative cōnsōlātiōnī cōnsōlātiōnibus
    accusative cōnsōlātiōnem cōnsōlātiōnēs
    ablative cōnsōlātiōne cōnsōlātiōnibus
    vocative cōnsōlātiō cōnsōlātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Aragonese: consolación
    • Asturian: consolación
    • Catalan: consolació
    • Corsican: consolazione, cunsolazione, cunsulazione
    • English: consolation
    • Extremaduran: consolación
    • French: consolation
    • Friulian: consolazion
    • Galician: consolación
    • Italian: consolazione
    • Ligurian: consolaçión
    • Maltese: konsolazzjoni
    • Mirandese: cunsolaçon
    • Occitan: consolacion
    • Piedmontese: cunsulassiun
    • Portuguese: consolação
    • Spanish: consolación
    • Venetan: consolaçión, consolasión

    References

    • consolatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • consolatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "consolatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • consolatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to afford no consolation: nihil habere consolationis
    • consolatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers